Research Assistant Professor of Law and BBI Director of Research
fhyseni@syr.eduDr. Fitore Hyseni is a Research Assistant Professor at the College of Law at Syracuse University and the Director of Research at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI). In these roles, she leads disability and employment law empirical research and oversees the development and management of grant-funded research projects focused on improving socio-economic outcomes for people with disabilities.
Fitore’s primary research interests include disability rights and the employment and economic empowerment of people with disabilities. Dr. Hyseni serves as co-Principal Investigator and Project Director of the Disability Employment Policy Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research ($4.6 million), and as co-Principal Investigator and Project Director for the Phase Two evaluation of California Digital Psychiatric Advance Directives ($2.3 million). She has led numerous additional federal, state, and privately funded projects addressing disability employment policy, workplace accommodations, financial inclusion, and housing accessibility.
Fitore received a Ph.D. in Social Science and a Master’s in Public Administration from Syracuse University, and a B.S. in Public Policy and Economics from Rochester Institute of Technology.